]]>Monkey Day 2016 Featured Primate Sanctuary: Primarily Primateshttp://monkeyday.com/2016/11/30/monkey-day-2016-featured-primate-sanctuary-primarily-primates/
Wed, 30 Nov 2016 20:52:01 +0000http://monkeyday.com/?p=215Monkey Day is only 2 weeks away! And, in our annual effort to support and promote primate related causes, this year Monkey Day has chosen Primarily Primates sanctuary to be the recipients of our digital...

]]>Monkey Day is only 2 weeks away! And, in our annual effort to support and promote primate related causes, this year Monkey Day has chosen Primarily Primates sanctuary to be the recipients of our digital love!

Primarily Primates Incorporated, is a non-profit sanctuary in Bexar County, Texas that operates to house, protect, and rehabilitate various non-native animals. The private refuge currently houses 400 nonhuman animals, 43 chimpanzees and birds and, as the name implies, focuses primarily on caring for apes and monkeys. Many are cast-offs from the pet trade and biomedical research institutions.

]]>Our Favorite Monkey Day Celebrantshttp://monkeyday.com/2015/12/15/our-favorite-monkey-day-celebrants/
Tue, 15 Dec 2015 19:29:59 +0000http://monkeyday.com/?p=198Just a few of our favorite Monkey Day celebrants from around the web: Happy International #MonkeyDay! pic.twitter.com/6TQwodRYO6 — Jess French (@Zoologist_Jess) December 14, 2015 AIGA showed off some of it’s member artwork: Happy #MonkeyDay! 🙉
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]]>Monkey Day Artistshttp://monkeyday.com/2015/12/15/monkey-day-illustrations/
Tue, 15 Dec 2015 16:17:57 +0000http://monkeyday.com/?p=189What do you do if you are an artist and want to celebrate Monkey Day? Spend the day drawing monkeys of course! If you were paying attention on Twitter or Instagram yesterday, you might have...

]]>What do you do if you are an artist and want to celebrate Monkey Day? Spend the day drawing monkeys of course! If you were paying attention on Twitter or Instagram yesterday, you might have seen a good amount of artists exploring their primitive side. These are some of our favorite artworks made specifically to celebrate yesterday’s Monkey Day:

Shabani’s zoo has been flooded with young female visitors desperate for a glimpse of the ‘buff’ primate. And 18-year-old silverback Shabani doesn’t seem to mind, playing up to his adoring audience by posing for pictures, staring pensively into the distance and showing off his muscular physique.

How a potentially deadly strain of bacteria escaped from a primate research lab infecting four monkeys is a mystery, government officials said, but they added the incident poses no threat to the public.

A raccoon had somehow gotten inside the chimpanzee enclosure, and had been “treed” by the youngest and most inquisitive member of the group, 7-year-old George. While the other chimps looked on from nearby, George grabbed a stick and was trying to poke the raccoon.

Colorful monkeys called guenons sport moustaches, nose spots and ear tufts that make it easy to distinguish between different species of guenons. But to the average passers-by, monkeys of the same species might look strikingly similar.

Biomedical and invasive research on chimpanzees will no longer be supported by the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH). They further decided last Wednesday that they will retire the 50 chimps reserved for future studies.

]]>Monkey Day is hours away, meanwhile here is a quick roundup of this year’s Monkey Day celebrants so far:

Australia’s Daily Telegraph: “On the eve of World Monkey Day, Wild Animal Encounters – Ben Britton is offering people the opportunity to meet Bonnie and some of her primate cousins, with funds raised from the private encounter to go to WAE’s education and conservation work.”

]]>Monkey Day 2015 Featured Primate Sanctuary: Primates Incorporatedhttp://monkeyday.com/2015/12/01/monkey-day-2015-featured-primate-sanctuary-primates-incorporated/
Tue, 01 Dec 2015 17:38:53 +0000http://monkeyday.com/?p=163Monkey Day is almost here! And, in our annual effort to support and promote primate related causes, this year Monkey Day has chosen Primates Incorporated to be the recipients of our digital love! Primates Incorporated...

]]>Monkey Day is almost here! And, in our annual effort to support and promote primate related causes, this year Monkey Day has chosen Primates Incorporated to be the recipients of our digital love!

Primates Incorporated is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, aims to create an indoor/outdoor primate sanctuary that will house up to a maximum of 100 monkeys (rescued gradually over 10-20 years) and will provide tourism, volunteer, and employment opportunities in the local area.

]]>24 Days Until Monkey Day…http://monkeyday.com/2015/11/20/24-days-until-monkey-day/
Fri, 20 Nov 2015 13:35:32 +0000http://monkeyday.com/?p=157 We hope you are all getting ready. What do you have planned?

]]>Happy Monkey Day 2014!http://monkeyday.com/2014/12/14/happy-monkey-day-2014/
Sun, 14 Dec 2014 09:30:21 +0000http://monkeyday.com/?p=117Here is your annual 2014 Top Ten Monkey (and Primate) News Countdown to help you celebrate! And don’t forget, Monkey Day has chosen Story Book Farms to be the recipients of our digital love...

And don’t forget, Monkey Day has chosen Story Book Farms to be the recipients of our digital love this year! We urge all Monkey Day celebrants and monkey lovers to please spend a minute and visit their website, “like” them on Facebook, if you have the means please donate to their IndieGoGo campaign:

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